Hola from Peru!!
We have been in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually currently fallen in love with this nation and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has already supplied in incredible ways. We will be in Lima for the next number of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be coping with a Peruvian household for a month while we attend language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to discover Spanish, while Julian will discover Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with individuals about transferring to another nation, we discovered that nearly everyone was curious to know precisely HOW we were going to pack for our move. So before we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we thought we 'd show y' all 10 hacks that we found in packaging to move overseas ... Take pleasure in!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packaging is frustrating (I will be saying that a lot in this blog haha) and if you resemble most of us, you have a great deal of things, so leaving all of it for the last minute will stress you out more. You might forget things or possibly take excessive. Julian and I began about 3 months beforehand by eliminating clothing and things we didn't need occasionally (many trips to Goodwill). And we also began purchasing trunks early because they can get pretty pricey so spreading that out assists. I also began publishing ads early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had buddies purchase a lot of our things in advance to pick it up when we were all set to move. Likewise making a list of everything that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but comes in useful when dealing with customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is truly for the memories. The home we left was our first home together and it suggested a lot to us. So the photos are simply for us to bear in mind and perhaps reveal our future household one day, to know where it all started.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have been a supporter for loading cubes because my trip to El Salvador a year ago. On that journey, I could just take a carry on with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to say we bought as many of them as we could and were able to get the majority of my clothes into one luggage. I will not lie, though loading cubes are fantastic, packing all my clothing and trying to make them all fit and not review the 50-lb limit was EXTREMELY DIFFICULT and caused me numerous breakdowns haha (just being sincere).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a great deal of other individuals where telling us to do and truthfully we didn't believe it was that essential ... in the beginning. However a few months prior to leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not understanding what to pack we reached out to another medical professional called Ari, who is in fact currently residing in the apartment we will be moving into. She has truly been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 3 times a week up until we moved here. I asked her anything to whatever: from the size of the cooking area shelves to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packing Party!
Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem telling you "you don't require that", and who can handle you being stressed out. Our friend Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER Day Of Rest) and invested the whole day, going through our stuff, making the calls we could not make on what we should bring, contribute, or shop. She helped us load everything in our trunks and helped make it all fit without being over 50 lbs. THANK YOU SANDRA!!!
6. Find Out to Let Go ...
At the end of the day you are moving overseas and can not take everything with you and will have to release a lot ... A Great Deal Of your stuff. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this crazy thing about keeping EVERY pen he owned since college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's assistance Julian is now free from his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was most likely my preferred part about moving. Like I said previously, we took numerous trips to Goodwill, however we likewise allowed our good friends to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they wanted. It was really cool to know that our things were going into the houses of people we like!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other people that have done what we are doing like Julian's parents, everyone said the exact same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bed linen was very important, likewise excellent knives, a few framed photos of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we made certain to load!
9. Relax and Take A Second ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Situation!!
As I have mentioned, packing is overwhelming. At any quality it can honestly make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a second to yell, acknowledge the mayhem around you, and then simply laugh since it is nuts. What you are trying to do is crazy: your house has never ever looked even worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and taking a shower without a shower drape while trying not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating out of the exact same bowl for each meal, and only have one good t-shirt because all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your normal life and its frustrating, however if you look at a distance, its likewise hilarious, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also leave your house, go explore the city you are leaving, meet good friends, and enjoy yourself, that actually assisted us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its truly enjoyable to recall now on just how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some images of our last few months in Houston!
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